Dead Ringers – 16th December

Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

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Comedy

4.2 • 13.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The content of Matt Hancock’s Covid diaries, the reason why Sir Keir Starmer may soon be out of a job, and a behind-the-scenes look at the King's preparations for his Christmas message. Performed by Jon Culshaw, Lewis McLeod, Jan Ravens, Duncan Wisbey, Naomi McDonald and Anil Desai. Written by Written by Tom Jamieson and Nev Fountain, Laurence Howarth, Sarah Campbell, Tom Coles and Ed Amsden, James Bugg, Cody Dahler, Toussaint Douglass, Robert Darke, Sophie Dickson, Katie Sayer, Peter Tellouche and Edward Tew. Produced and created by Bill Dare. Production Co-ordinator: Caroline Barlow

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:05.4	Space, vast and empty, and in case you hadn't noticed, I'm proper horny for it.
0:18.9	Despite millennia of astronomical research, scientists are still faced with true mysteries
0:27.1	each and every day. There is an object orbiting the earth, circling many thousands of miles
0:36.1	above. There are many theories as to what this body might be, but finally we're able
0:41.9	to put the mystery to bed.
0:44.3	Yeah, you know, I tried to put it at the top left corner.
0:48.8	But at the end of the day, you score some, you launch some into the orbital planes of
0:58.6	airspace.
1:05.6	You're listening to today with me Nick Robinson and me Martha Carney and me, Boris the merciless
1:12.2	God of the North winds, bring her of winter cruel merchant of ice and frost.
1:18.2	Er, right. Yeah, sorry, Boreias, was it?
1:22.4	Tours.
1:23.4	We're in the middle of an energy crisis and you've plunged our houses to minus 15 degrees.
1:29.3	We don't want you here, ice boy.
1:30.9	But I am Boreias the mighty. Nothing on this mortal earth is hot enough to defeat me.
1:38.8	What about this air, Friar?
1:40.8	Yep. I'll be off then.
1:43.6	How's your word?
1:45.6	It's still warmer than John Humphrey's used to be.
1:49.5	Cold weather has swept the UK all week, causing widespread travel chaos.
1:54.2	Meaning that you can't get the train because of the snow that you wouldn't have been able
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